2015年高二下册英语期末考试卷

　　第I卷(选择题，共115分)

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. At a bookstore. C. In a supermarket..

2. What do we know about the man’s car?

A. It doesn’t work at all. B. It can be used as usual. C. It’s stolen.

3. What’s the time now?

A. 6:45. B. 6:55. C. 7:05.

4. What is the woman looking for?

A. A watch. B. A young lady. C. A young man.

5. How much will the man save if he buys a radio?

A. 180 yuan. B. 200 yuan. C. 220 yuan.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

请听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What may make the speakers late?

A. The heavy traffic. B. The quarrel. C. The broken car.

7. How will the speakers solve the problem?

A. Take a taxi. B. Take another way. C. Take the subway.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Friends. B. Boss and clerk. C. Teacher and student.

9. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Run alongside the main road. B. Be careful of the traffic. C. Go to the park next time.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。

10. What was the accident?

A. A bus hit the guardrail(护栏). B. A car was hit by a bus. C. A bus was hit by a truck..

11. What do we know about the bus driver?

A. He is badly hurt. B. He has been killed. C. He is all right.

12. When will the ambulance get to the spot?

A. At about 5:00. B. At about 4:50. C. At about 4:40.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。

13. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At the woman’s. B. On the phone. C. In the office.

14. What does the man want to talk to Ms. Collins?

A. About his accommodation situation.

B. About his professor.

C. About his study.

15. What’s the man’s phone number?

A. 077-8763-7668. B. 077-7836-7688. C. 077-8736-7688.

16. When would Ms. Collins call the man?

A. Before 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. B. Before 9:00 p.m. tonight. C. Before 6:00 p.m. today.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17. Which one is NOT the function of a place’s nicknames(昵称)?

A. Bringing pride to the local people.

B. Attracting tourists.

C. Building up an identity.

18. Why is Los Angeles called the City of Angels?

A. Because “Los Angeles” means “the angels” in Spanish.

B. Because “Los Angeles” means “the angels” in French.

C. Because “Los Angeles” means “the angels” in Italian.

19. Which place should we visit when we are in Los Angeles?

A. The Entertainment Capital. B. La-La Land. C. Venice.

20. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Los Angeles is most famous for its nicknames.

B. Hollywood alone adds fame to Los Angeles.

C. All the nicknames increase the charm of Los Angeles.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Tangjialing was, until recently, _____ home to about 50,000 members of _____ low-income graduates.

A. 不填; the B. a; the C. 不填; a D. a; a

22. For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history book.

A. appeal B. attachment C. access D. approach

23. ______ the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.

A. Devoted to teach B. Devoting herself to teaching

C. Devoting to teach D. Devoted herself to teaching

24. Some inventions are well received, but _______ function, they aren’t very successful.

A. according to B. in terms of C. regardless of D. owing to

25. Every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.

A. are being used B. have been used C. had been used D. has been used

26. He couldn’t ________ the temptation of smoking when he was 16, and that’s why he became addicted it later.

A. resist; to B. escape; in C. quit; in D. remove; to

27. The Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s latest movie Back to 1942 is, the title suggests, a story from China’s recent history.

A. when B. where C. that D. as

28. I really don’t know I put my wallet after I paid the bill.

A. where was it B. it was where that

C. where it was that D. where was it that

29. ---I am endless examinations.

--- Cheer up. David, keep on until the college entrance examination ends.

A. caught up with B. fed up with C. come up with D. put up with

30. Only by shouting at the top of his voice .

A. he was able to make himself hear B. he was able to make himself heard

C. was he able to make himself heard D. was he able to make himself hearing

31. Many experts believe that teachers’ development is ______ the key to better education lies.

A. that B. what C. where D. which

32. From the date ______ on the gold coin, we decided that it was made five hundred years ago.

A. marked B. marking C. to be marked D. having been marked

33. --- What were you doing when I rang you this morning.

--- I was occupied ______ the housework and kept my son occupied ______ his homework.

A. at; doing B. with; doing C. at; to do D. with; to do

34. It is recommended that the project _______ until all the preparations have been made.

A. isn’t started B. can’t be started C. mustn’t be started D. not be started

35. --- Have you decided to purchase all the goods in China?

--- ________. I must take the quality of the products into consideration seriously.

A. I have no idea B. That all depends.

C. It’s fun to do so D. Yes, I will do

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题l.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as my 15-year-old son，Tommy quarreled

with his 12-year-old brother Kevin.I didn’t pay attention when Kevin 36 the stairs with the 37on his face.

About 20 minutes later，as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin 38 inside the bathroom.I

bit my tongue to 39 myself saying，“Come on Kevin，don’t be such a 40 ”ead，I knocked on the door and asked，“Hey, Kevin，do you want a 41 ?”No answer.I 42 again，“Why don’t you come out of there?” No answer ，joking around，I took hold of a pile of 43 and a pencil and wrote，“If you don’t want to talk，we can 44 notes to each other.”

An hour later I was 45 sitting outside the bathroom with two piles of the cards in front of are cards from Kevin on which he had 46 all his unpleasant feelings into words for this time I don’t 47 the rings of my telephone and popular TV show of Kevin’s notes said，“ 48 in this family cares about me.I am not the youngest，and I am not the 49 ，and I am not the 50 y thinks that I am stupid and Dad wishes he had 51 Kevin as a kid because he’s better at you never 52 me.”

53 came to my eyes.I wrote back，“You know，Kevin，I really do love you and I am sorry I don’t always 54 it.I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”Since then I try my best to never only 55 my family members any n and I have a closer relationship now.

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第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的`四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The very first capsule hotel to be opened in Shanghai has attracted many budget travelers with its prices, even though it is not fully operational yet.

The hotel consists of 68 “capsules”, each 1.1-meters high, 1.1-meters wide and 2.2-meters long. The basic rate is 28 Yuan ($4.22) per person, plus an additional 4 yuan an hour. The hotel also offers a package of 68 yuan for 10 hours and 88 yuan for 24 hours.

All of the capsules are imported from Japan where capsule hotels originated，and each is equipped with independent sockets, clocks, lights, TV and wireless Internet service. The hotel also has a public lavatory，shower room, smoking room and shared guest room.

“This is a huge bargain compared with other budget hotels in Shanghai,” said Ta Zan, the owner of the hotel. Ta used to stay at capsule hotels in Tokyo during his undergraduate years and worked at a capsule hotel while he was doing his MBA in Japan in 2005, so he knows how they work and how to make guests feel comfortable.

He based the hotel on capsule hotels in Japan but he has made some special changes based on Chinese guests' habits. “In Japan capsule hotels are usually equipped with bathtubs, but in China people are more willing to take a shower, so we have the shower room,” he said. He has also separated the capsules into three snoring (打鼾的) zones so that guests who often snore won't disturb others. Like most of capsule hotels in Japan, the one in Shanghai is for men only.

But the idea of staying in such a compact space is not appealing to everyone. “I feel the idea is like putting a person in a coffin (棺材), and the price is also not that appealing. A bed at a youth hotel in Shanghai costs about 60 Yuan per night,” said Wang Lei, a student from Beijing.

56. The first capsule hotels in the world appeared in .

A. Japan B. Shanghai C. Beijing D. America

57. If you stay in the capsule hotel in Shanghai for 8 hours，you will have to pay yuan.

A. 28 B. 60 C. 68 D. 88

58. The capsule hotel in Shanghai differs from those in Japan in that .

A. it serves men as well as women B. its capsule is much larger

C. it has a shower room D. it has no snoring zones

59. What does the underlined word "compact" mean?

A. Dear B. Cheap. C. Clean. D. Close.

60. We can know from the passage that .

capsule of the hotel has a private lavatory

the capsules of the hotel were made in China

guest has ever stayed in the capsule hotel in Shanghai

ybody considers the capsule hotel a nice place to stay

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A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house，the same house I grew up in，I had a sudden，scary my parents bought the house，in 1982，they were only two years older than I am now.I tried to imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.

It seemed a practical level，there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime importantly，I wouldn’t want to.I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years，or what kind of job I’ll I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.

So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our our parents were our age，they’d got their education，chosen a career，and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.

My friends and I--“Generation Y”--still aren’t sure what we want to do with our ever we end up doing，we want to make sure we’re happy doing ’d rather take risks first，try out different jobs，and move from one city to another until we find our favorite ’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.

This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected” of these complaints have a children, we were encouraged to succeed in school，but also to have grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cellphones，the Internet，instant messaging，and video games.

Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top，on the same track，often for the same doesn’t apply to my generation.

Because of that，it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible，stable that’s not necessarily a bad our desire to find satisfaction，we will work harder，strive for ways to keep life interesting，and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.

By Ariel Lewiton

the author walked through her parents’ house，she .

no idea what she wanted from life

ized I should buy a house

ted to think about her own life

ered why her parents had settled down early

is the main “generation gap” between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article?

r attitude toward responsibility. r ways of making their way to the top.

r ways of gaining experience. r attitude towards high technology.

h of the following might the author agree with?

’s better to take adult responsibility earlier.

B. It’s all right to try more before settling down.

involves too much effort to rise vertically.

’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”.

can we conclude from the article?

author is envious of her parents enjoying a big house at her age.

ing up in a hi-tech world makes “Generation Y” feel insecure about relationships.

C.“Generation Y” don’t want to grow up and love to be taken care of by their parents.

author wrote this article to make others understand her generation better.

is the main theme of the article?

sudden realization of growing up.

B.A comparison between lifestyles of generations.

icisms of the young generation.

factors that have changed the young generation.

C

Electronic devices are changing the way people listen to music.

Global Positioning Systems(GPS) are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But, they can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.

We spoke to Mr. Brown by Skype (网络电话软件). He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay. BARRY BROWN: “And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn’t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the GPS is kind of 'garbage in garbage out'.”

Mr Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment. BARRY BROWN: “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is that they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it’s going to the wrong place.”

Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people’s cars. They wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.”

It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues(时机问题) related to when GPS commands are given.

Barry Brown says, “ To make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and GPS systems work together.”

66. In paragraph 2, Mr. Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to _______.

A. build up his own reputation B. laugh at his stupid friend

C. prove the GPS system is only garbage D. describe an example of human error

67. What is the disadvantage of small screens in GPS equipment according to the text?

A. They just provide the next turn. B. They are harmful to eyes.

C. They make drivers tired easily. D. They often break down suddenly.

68. Which of the following statements would Barry Brown most likely agree with?

A. GPS units are to blame for most GPS service failures.

B. We should introduce higher standards for the driving license.

C. Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.

D. Drivers, GPS systems and passengers should unite to improve GPS systems.

69. What is Mr. Brown’s attitude towards GPS?

A. Unconcerned. B. Prejudiced. C. Objective. D. Critical.

70. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Driving with GPS can be difficult.

B. Driving confusions can be caused by small screens.

C. Driving without GPS should be much more convenient.

D. GPS equipment in driving to be deserted or improved

D

Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.

Martin Doherty，a psychologist at the University of Stifling in Scotland，led the team of this experiment，Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people，using pictures of some orange researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10 ，and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.

The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white of the circles was larger than the other，and these people were asked to identify the larger -year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the ts identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.

Next，both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles，again of different sizes，were surrounded by gray ’s where the trick lies some of the pictures，the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles--making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle，which was the real larger the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles--so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.

When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures，they weren’t fooled—they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as r children and adults，on the other hand，did not do as r children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one，and adults got it wrong most of the time.

As children get older，Doherty said，their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context(背景) other words，they will begin to process the whole picture at once：the tricky gray circles，as well as the orange circle in the a result，they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.

rty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate .

dren’s and adults’ brains dren’s and adults’ eye-sight

influence of people’s age le’s ability to see accurately

asked to find the larger circle， .

ts got it right most of the time with gray ones around

dren at 6 got it wrong 79%of the time with no gray ones around

dren at 4 got it right about 79%of the time with gray ones around

adults over 1 8 got it right 95%of the time with gray ones around

rding to the passage，we can know that .

A.a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size

orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same size

C.a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real size

D.a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white background

al context may work when children get older than .

A.4 B.6 C.10 D.18

are younger children not fooled?

use older people are influenced by their experience.

use they are smarter than older children and adults.

use people’s eyes become weaker as they grow older.

use their brains can hardly notice related things together.

　　第二卷 (非选择题，共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，共35分)

第一节 阅读表达 (共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

【1】A lot of people can really struggle with knowing how to make small talk. There are a few small talk topics that should never let you down, whatever situation you are in:

【2】Your surroundings should provide you with something to talk about. Whatever you’re doing you are in the same situation with the person to whom you are speaking, so there is common ground there. Even if you are only queuing up for the coffee machine you can _________ how long the line of people is, or about how you should drink less coffee or whatever. Aim for a casual but pleasant attitude.